Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates her victory in opposition to McCartney Kessler of the USA of their second spherical girls’s singles match, at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photograph/Kin Cheung)
LONDON–World primary Aryna Sabalenka battled by means of a troublesome second set in opposition to American McCartney Kessler to achieve the Wimbledon third spherical on Wednesday.
The four-time Grand Slam champion, who has reached 14 successive main quarter-finals, received 6-1, 7-6 (11/9) on Courtroom One to safe a last-32 assembly with former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko.
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“That was a real battle and I’m tremendous comfortable that I used to be capable of keep in that second set to get into that tie-break,” stated Sabalenka.
“She actually examined me and I’m tremendous comfortable to go the take a look at.”
Sabalenka has by no means received Wimbledon, shedding within the semi-finals on every of her previous three visits.
Kessler missed two set factors when serving for the second set at 5-3 forward, earlier than Sabalenka fought again and took a tie-break, during which her 57th-ranked opponent noticed one other two set factors come and go.
